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Guest:
Good morning everyone.

I\'m making plans to work on the Black Gold large fowl variety, while at the same time making the Silver counterpart of the Brown Reds this coming year. Due to the mixed genetics of the cross I\'m planning so I can make the Birchens, I\'ll also be able to work toward making the Black Breasted Red variety by using the male offspring.

I could certainly use a jump start though, so if anyone has any offspring from a cross of Silvers and Brown Reds that they could sell, it would shave a year off of the breeding required. I would need offspring of both sexes from a silver (duckwing) Ameraucana male over brown red Ameraucana females. 2-4 males and 6-12 females would be ideal, from more than one source preferably.

If these cross birds can be located, I would expect to have F2 generation birds on the ground and available for other members to work with if they\'re interested. I\'m looking at this as a club project, not just a personal one.

John, do you have a list of folks who are working on the large fowl Black Gold variety aside from me and yourself? Do we have the minimum required by the APA acceptance comittee yet?

Regards,
Dan Demarest
Missouri

John:
Michael Muenks is working on them too.  I believe Lyne Peterson, Lyne@bryngyld.com, of California may be also.

Mike Gilbert:
Dan,
I would love to be able to help out with birds, but I am now sold out for the year, right down to my essential breeding stock.   I think there is one extra bantam wheaten cockerel out there, but that would be it.   Try Michael Muenks at:  Bantamhill@socket.net .  

Mike G.

Guest:
Thanks Mike.
I\'m not expecting miracles this time of year, I know I\'m late catching the boat. Lucky for me I\'m not in a huge hurry, I can wait until birds become available in spring/summer. I still have a poultry barn to put in anyway, so the longer I can hold off the better at this point. I\'m not set up to over winter too many more birds at this point.

Dan Demarest
Missouri

John:
Here is a pic of a F1 buff/brown red cross.  It was made to develop black gold LF.  Next Spring I\'ll cross an \"overlaced\" brown red cockerel over her.  There is plenty of work ahead of us on this one.  

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